Device for clenching eyelets and hooks.



R. BURRELL.

V DEVICE FOR CLENCHING EYELETS AND HOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED ocna, 1914.

15142,?97. Patented June 15, 1915.

RALPH BURRELL, OF POMERANIA, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR CLENCHING EYELETS AND HOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed October 8, 1914. Serial No. 865,702.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RALPH BURRnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pomerania, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Clenching Eyelets and Hooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a device for set ting eyelets or hooks in shoes, and an object thereof is the provision of a device of this character which is extremely simple in construction, and which is manually operable.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a device of this character by means of which various sizes of eyelets and hooks may be clenched in shoes or the like.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawa ing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my device; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the lever carrying the supporting block; Fig. 3 is an end view of the device showing the 7 die block and supporting block engaged against each other to clench the eyelet; Fig. l is'a detail view showing the manner of preventing turning of the die block in one direction on its lever; Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the manner of preventing the supporting block from turning in one direction on its lever; Fig. 6 is a view showing the reverse sides of the die block; Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the manner of supporting a hook on the supporting block; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the springs for preventing turning of the block in one direction, and Fig. 9 is a detail view, showing a portion of the supporting block and die block after an eyelet has been clenched.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numerals 1 and 2 designate 'a pair of crossed pivotally connected levers, one end of the levers being curved to provide handles, the outer end of the lever 1 being relatively shorter than the outer end of the lever 2, and being provided with a laterally extending head 3. Rotatably mounted on the upper face of the outer end of the lever 2 is a supporting block 4: which is, provided in its inner face with a substantially semi-circular series of recesses 5 which are disposed adjacent the marginal edge of the head, the recesses being of various sizes. Formed in the upper face of the block 4: between the ends of the series of recesses 5 is a slot which extends inwardly of the block from the marginal edge thereof, and also formed in the inner face of the block on opposite sides of the slot 6 are countersunk portions 7 which provide seats for the opposite ends of the retaining plate 8 which is pivotally connected at one end within one of the seats. The outer edge of the retaining plate is curved to conform to the curvature of the periphery of the block 4, and to maintain the plate in position to cover the slot 5, a flat spring 9 is secured at one end to the periphery of the head to one side of the slot and the free end of the spring bearing against the outer edge of the plate.

Rotatably connected to the outer end face of the head 3 formed on the upper end of the jaw of the lever 2, is a die block 10, the periphery of which is opposed to the inner face of the supporting block 4, and projecting radially from the periphery of the block 10 is a series of clenching dies 11, each of the dies being provided with a central tapered stud 12. The studs 12 are of various sizes, there being one clenching die for use in connection with each of the recesses 5 in the supporting block, and other dies for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described. To normally maintain the supporting block 4 and die block 10 in spaced relation from each other, a spring 13 is secured at one end to the handle portion of one of the levers, the spring bearing at its free end against the handle portion of the other lever, the die block being moved toward the supporting block by forcing the handles together against the tension of the spring 13. To provide means whereby eyelets may be supported upon the block 4 of the other tubular shanks registering with the recesses 5, the upper face of the supportin block 4. is formed with annular seats 1 surrounding the recesses, the seats being of various sizes to support the various sizes of eyelets used in connection with the various sizes of recesses.

To provide means whereby the blocks may be held so that any one of the dies may be arranged downwardly in a straight line toward the supporting block and any one of the recesses 5 in the supporting block is held in alinement with the downwardly facing die, the inner face of the die block 10 and the lower face of the supporting block 4: are provided with a series of notches i l, the notches in the die block being of the same number as the number of dies and the notches in the supporting block being of the same number as the number of recesses therein, and an extra notch to hold the supporting block in position when a hook carried by the retaining plates is disposed immediately below one of the depending dies. A spring plate 15 having a hooked end 16 is secured to the outer end of each of the levers, the hooked ends of the plates being adapted for engagement in the notches 14: so that the blocks may be held in their desired positions.

In the practical use of my device, when it is desired to clench an eyelet in a shoe or the like, the eyelet is placed against the upper face of the supporting block so that the shank of the eyelet projects upwardly therefrom, the shank being disposed in vertical alinement with the recess 5 which is of the same diameter as the shank of the eyelet. The shoe or other material in which the eyelet is to be clenched is then arranged so that the shank of the eyelet extends through the opening in the shoe, and the die 11 which corresponds in size to the recess 5 in the supporting block over which the eyelet is arranged, is then disposed downwardly so that upon forcing the handles together, the stud 12 of the die will be forced into the shank of the eyelet to clench the shank into engagement with the material of the shoe. It will be seen that immediately upon release of the handles, the same will be spread to move the die block and supporting block away from each other so that the material in which the eyelet has been clenched may be readily removed from engagement with the device. When it is desired to clench a hook in a shoe or the like, the retaining plate 8 is swung outwardly on its pivot, so that the body of the hook may be engaged over the inner edge of the plate with the shank of the hook projecting upwardly, the plate being moved outwardly against the tension of the spring 9 so that immediately upon release of the plate, the same will move inwardly whereby the shank of the hook engaged with the plate will be disposed in vertical alinement with the die 11 on the block 10 for use in clenching the hook. The material in which the hook is to be clenched is then arranged above the shank of the hook, the handles are forced inwardly toward each other to move the stud of the die into the shank of the hook to clench the same to the material. When the handles have been released to allow separation of the blocks, an outward pull on the material in which the hook is clenched will swing the retaining plate 8 on its pivot to allow the hook to slide from the inner edge of the plate whereupon the plate immediately moves into its normal position owing to the tension of the spring 9 engaged against its outer edge.

What is claimed is A device of the character described com prising a pair of crossed pivotally connected levers, a supporting block rotatably connected to the outer end of one of the levers, said block having a substantially semi-circular series of recesses formed in its inner face, the inner face of said block also having a slot formed therein, the ends of the slot being terminated adjacent the ends of the series of recesses, said slot extending inwardly from the periphery of said block, a retaining plate pivotally connected to the block, a spring connected to the block and overlying the outer edge of the retaining plate to normally hold the retaining plate in a position over said slot, a die block carried by the outer end of the other lever, and a plurality of dies carried by said die block.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. RALPH BURRELL. Witnesses:

EDWARD ERTELL, L. E. DEPPE.

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Washington; D. G. 

